I would love to have any information you might have on the Summers family. They are difficult to find. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janelle Taylor" <jcoats@cafes.net> To: <tnruther@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 03, 2006 6:29 AM Subject: Re: [TNRUTHER] TNRUTHER Digest, Vol 1, Issue 58 > There was also a mass movement from Rutherford County to the Cumberland > Plateau in and around Monteagle and Summerfield in Grundy County, TN. The > following are some families in that area who came to Grundy County from > Rutherford County. > Summers, Howland, Lowe, White (These family names still found in the Big > Springs area of Rutherford Co. as well). I wondered if these folks were > coming to the plateau for health reasons. There was a TB sanitarium in > Monteagle early on, but many people, especially wealthy ones, sought the > cooler temperatures of the plateau. I don't beleive that these particular > families were wealthy, however. Does anyone know what the Monteagle, TN, > area offered people from Rutherford County that made them want to settle > there ? > > My grandfather's 3rd wife was Nettie Eleanor Parker (b. 1881) , daughter > of > Joseph Parker (b. about 1849) & Fannie Howland. They were married in the > about 1907. He was from Grundy County and she was born in Big Springs, > Rutherford County. > Do any of you have Joseph Parker or Fannie Howland in your research? I do > know that Fannie's parents were > Lewis Hamilton Howland (b. 1805) and Elizabeth "Betsy" Jacobs (b. 1811). > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Flo Stevens" <flostevens@cablelynx.com> > To: <tnruther@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2006 10:57 PM > Subject: Re: [TNRUTHER] TNRUTHER Digest, Vol 1, Issue 58 > > >> tnruther-request@rootsweb.com wrote: >>> Today's Topics: >>> >>> 1. Clarksville, Red River Co., TX. (Seg420@aol.com) >>> 2. Re: Clarksville, Red River Co., TX. (Diane Miller) >>> 3. Re: Clarksville, Red River Co., TX. (Teresa Elliott) >>> >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> Message: 1 >>> Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2006 09:28:01 EST >>> From: Seg420@aol.com >>> Subject: [TNRUTHER] Clarksville, Red River Co., TX. >>> To: tnruther@rootsweb.com >>> Message-ID: <c2a.486d405.327a08f1@aol.com> >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" >>> >>> >>> Dear Flo and Diane, >>> >>> My Yearwood relatives moved from Rutherford Co., TN to Clarksville, Red >>> River Co., TX, also! >>> Wish we could know what the draw was! >>> >>> Susi Godfrey >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> Message: 2 >>> Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2006 22:56:44 -0600 >>> From: "Diane Miller" <dianermiller@cox-internet.com> >>> Subject: Re: [TNRUTHER] Clarksville, Red River Co., TX. >>> To: <tnruther@rootsweb.com> >>> Message-ID: <009501c6fe3b$4c601a50$7180b346@dianesdl5p539g> >>> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; >>> reply-type=original >>> >>> Susi, it would only be a guess on my part. Probably just "greener >>> pastures". Maybe the oldest sons inherited all the father's land, who >>> knows. Once word got back that Texas was a good deal the kinfolks and >>> friends would follow. >>> Diane >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: <Seg420@aol.com> >>> To: <tnruther@rootsweb.com> >>> Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2006 8:28 AM >>> Subject: [TNRUTHER] Clarksville, Red River Co., TX. >>> >>> >>> >>>> Dear Flo and Diane, >>>> >>>> My Yearwood relatives moved from Rutherford Co., TN to Clarksville, >>>> Red >>>> River Co., TX, also! >>>> Wish we could know what the draw was! >>>> >>>> Susi Godfrey >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> TNRUTHER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> Message: 3 >>> Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2006 23:09:25 -0600 >>> From: "Teresa Elliott" <Cheasa@bellsouth.net> >>> Subject: Re: [TNRUTHER] Clarksville, Red River Co., TX. >>> To: <tnruther@rootsweb.com> >>> Message-ID: >>> <20061102050240.QFRQ5228.ibm65aec.bellsouth.net@MomsLaptop> >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >>> >>> There was also slave trade between TN and TX so there was probably slave >>> traders coming back and talking about Tx to the people in TN. >>> >>> Teresa Ghee Elliott >>> --http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rutherfordcemetery/ >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: tnruther-bounces@rootsweb.com >>> [mailto:tnruther-bounces@rootsweb.com] >>> On Behalf Of Diane Miller >>> Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2006 10:57 PM >>> To: tnruther@rootsweb.com >>> Subject: Re: [TNRUTHER] Clarksville, Red River Co., TX. >>> >>> Susi, it would only be a guess on my part. Probably just "greener >>> pastures". Maybe the oldest sons inherited all the father's land, who >>> knows. Once word got back that Texas was a good deal the kinfolks and >>> friends would follow. >>> Diane >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: <Seg420@aol.com> >>> To: <tnruther@rootsweb.com> >>> Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2006 8:28 AM >>> Subject: [TNRUTHER] Clarksville, Red River Co., TX. >>> >>> >>> >>>> Dear Flo and Diane, >>>> >>>> My Yearwood relatives moved from Rutherford Co., TN to Clarksville, >>>> Red >>>> River Co., TX, also! >>>> Wish we could know what the draw was! >>>> >>>> Susi Godfrey >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> TNRUTHER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> TNRUTHER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes >>> in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> To contact the TNRUTHER list administrator, send an email to >>> TNRUTHER-admin@rootsweb.com. >>> >>> To post a message to the TNRUTHER mailing list, send an email to >>> TNRUTHER@rootsweb.com. >>> >>> __________________________________________________________ >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> TNRUTHER-request@rootsweb.com >>> with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the >>> body of the >>> email with no additional text. >>> >>> >>> End of TNRUTHER Digest, Vol 1, Issue 58 >>> *************************************** >>> . >>> >>> >> I don't know what drew these people to Red River Co., TX, but I found >> these former Rutherford County citizens there also: >> >> Buried in Clarksville Cemetery, Clarksville, Red River Co., TX (this is >> online) >> John H. Morgan, born 23 May 1823; died 12 Feb 1891. Marker says Born in >> Rutherford Co., TN, Husband of Susan >> Susan F. Morgan, born 30 June 1830; died 30 Dec 1887. Marker says Born >> in Rutherford Co., TN, Wife of John Morgan >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> TNRUTHER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.13.22/512 - Release Date: >> 11/1/2006 >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TNRUTHER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message